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Core–Sheath CeO2/SiO2 Nanofibers as Nanoreactors for Stabilizing Sinter-Resistant Pt, Enhanced Catalytic Oxidation and Water Remediation

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One-dimensional (1D) oxide nanofibers have attracted much attention in recent years but are still hampered by the difficulty in the expansion to 2D or 3D dimensions. Herein, ultrathin CeO2/SiO2 nanofibers with intriguing core–sheath structures were simply fabricated by a facile single-spinneret electrospinning method and were subsequently integrated as 2D nanofibrous mats and 3D sponges. Introducing secondary oxide (i.e., SiO2) could induce a unique fine structure and further inhibit the sintering of CeO2 nanocrystals, endowing the resultant dual-oxide nanofibers with high porosity, good flexibility, and enriched oxygen defects. Benefiting from the core–sheath structure and dual-oxide component, the CeO2/SiO2 nanofibers could stabilize 2.59 nm-Pt clusters against sintering at 600 °C. Once assembled into a 2D mat, the nanofibers could efficiently decrease the soot oxidation temperature by 63 °C. Moreover, the core–sheath CeO2/SiO2 nanofibers can be readily integrated with graphene nanosheets into a 3D sponge via a gas foaming protocol, showing 218.5 mg/g of adsorption capacity toward Rhodamine B molecules. This work shed lights on the versatile applications of oxide nanofibers toward clean energy ultilization and low-carbon development.

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Ultrathin core–sheath CeO2/SiO2 nanofibers were fabricated by a facile single-spinneret electrospinning method and were subsequently integrated as 2D nanofibrous mats and 3D sponges, exhibiting desirable efficiency in heterogeneous catalysis and water remediation.

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This work was financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (21975042), the Project of Six Talents Climax Foundation of Jiangsu (XCL–082), Innovation Platform Project Supported by Jiangsu Province (6907041203), the Young Talent Lifting Project of Jiangsu Science and Technology Associate, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, the Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province (KYCX22_0261), the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, and the open project of State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces in Xiamen University.

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Wang, Y., Li, Z., Fu, W. et al. Core–Sheath CeO2/SiO2 Nanofibers as Nanoreactors for Stabilizing Sinter-Resistant Pt, Enhanced Catalytic Oxidation and Water Remediation. Adv. Fiber Mater. 4, 1278–1289 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42765-022-00177-0

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